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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>EZEKIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 29
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Egypt shall be overthrown by Babylon—When she rises again, she shall be the basest of kingdoms.
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In</span> the tenth year, in the tenth <i>month,</i> in the twelfth <i>day</i> of the month, the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/29/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 19: 1; Jer. 25: 19; Joel 3: 19.">Egypt</a>:
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Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/29/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 8: 9.">dragon</a> that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/29/3b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE the Nile.">My</a> river <i>is</i> mine own, and I have made <i>it</i> for myself.
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But I will put <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/29/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 38: 4.">hooks</a> in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
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And I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/29/5a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB cast thee off.">leave</a> thee <i>thrown</i> into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
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And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, because they have been a staff of <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/29/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 18: 21; Isa. 36: 6.">reed</a> to the house of Israel.
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When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/29/7a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR come to a standstill.">be</a> at a stand.
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&#182; Therefore thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
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And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: because he hath said, The river <i>is</i> mine, and I have made <i>it.</i>
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Behold, therefore I <i>am</i> against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste <i>and</i> desolate, <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/29/10a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB from Migdol to Syene.">from</a> the tower of Syene even unto the border of <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/29/10b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB Cush.">Ethiopia</a>.
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No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
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And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries <i>that are</i> desolate, and her cities among the cities <i>that are</i> laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/29/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 46: 19; Ezek. 30: 23 (23, 26).">scatter</a> the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
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&#182; Yet thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; At the end of forty years will I <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/29/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 46: 26.">gather</a> the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
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And I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/29/14a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB return from exile the Egyptians.">bring</a> again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return <i>into</i> the land of Pathros, into the land of their <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/29/14b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB origin.">habitation</a>; and they shall be there a <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/29/14c" mark="c" type="D" title="OR lowly.">base</a> kingdom.
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It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
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And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth <i>their</i> iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I <i>am</i> the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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&#182; And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first <i>month,</i> in the first <i>day</i> of the month, the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/29/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 26: 7.">Tyrus</a>: every head <i>was</i> made bald, and every shoulder <i>was</i> peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
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Therefore thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
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I have given him the land of Egypt <i>for</i> his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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&#182; In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/29/21a" mark="a" type="D" title="Heb. metaphor meaning power, capacity.">bud</a> forth, and I will give thee the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/29/21b" mark="b" type="D" title="Heb. idiom meaning ‘authority to speak.’">opening</a> of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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